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9/11Robert M. Gorrell: University Growing Up: Rambling Reminiscences of an English Professor and Administrator, 1945-1980
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- Publication date
- 1983
- Usage
- Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
- Topics
- University of Nevada, Deep Springs, California, Indiana University, John O. Moseley, Department of English, Graduate School, College of Arts and Science, Extension, Academic Affairs, Las Vegas, Nevada, Board of Regents
- Publisher
- University of Nevada Oral History Program
- Collection
- unroralhistory; folkscanomy_history; folkscanomy
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Transcripts of interviews in the University of Nevada Oral History Archive are copyrighted materials. They may be downloaded and/or printed for personal reference and educational use, but not sold or used in commercial products without permission.
- Item Size
- 134.9M
| Robert Gorrell was born in 1914. He arrived at the University of Nevada, Reno, in 1944, as an experienced teacher of English, with an interesting and exciting career in his future. Gorrell filled numerous administrative posts at the University of Nevada: chairman of the Department of English, dean of the Graduate School, dean of the College of Arts and Science, director of Extension, vice president for Academic Affairs, as well as holding many committee memberships and chairmanships. He was instrumental in the founding of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. His memory of these activities proved clear, giving students of the university history an opportunity to supplement documentary research with this personal memoir. |
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Oral history transcripts from the University of Nevada Oral History Program are derived from interviews recorded between 1964 and 2014. The archive is housed and managed in Special Collections in the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. Original audio recordings of most interviews are available for research purposes upon request. High-resolution copies of photographs from transcripts can also be requested from Special Collections.Inquiries about the University of Nevada Oral History Archive may be addressed to UNR Special Collections (specoll@unr.edu, 775-682-5665).
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